Eakes Family History
- Eakes Name Meaning
- Family tradition has it that this name is from northern Ireland, perhaps an Anglicized form of Scottish McEachin. This is consistent with the Anglicized form of other names of Gaelic origin. Alternatively, it may be an Americanized spelling of German Eckes.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 42,211 Historical Documents with Eakes on Ancestry
- 9,851 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,822 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,524 Military Records
- 238 Immigration Records
- 26,776 Member Trees
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Number of Eakes families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Eakes families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- All Eakes
- 37
- Confederate
- 32
- Union
- 5
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